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so we have the finances of bankruptcy that you saw detroit go through. i have four communities in my district. they're either going through or coming out of being in a financial manager. in addition to that i have a largest number of middle east population in my district and in the neighboring district in the middle east. so i have issues that are aying out in baghdad and lebanon in yemen. all of these are my constituents. so where some congress members may not be dealing with what's happening in yemen, these are my constituents and their families. and so that has been an issue and a responsibility for me when it comes to my casework when i comes to my being sensitive. i have a very large jewish population. so issues with israel is very important they represent them. social justice issues. my constituents -- my constituents that are african-americans they want me to fight for me. what is happening when i comments to -- when it comes to policing in america. itle one, it breaks my heart affects them. there are so many challenges. this is an opportunity whe
so we have the finances of bankruptcy that you saw detroit go through. i have four communities in my district. they're either going through or coming out of being in a financial manager. in addition to that i have a largest number of middle east population in my district and in the neighboring district in the middle east. so i have issues that are aying out in baghdad and lebanon in yemen. all of these are my constituents. so where some congress members may not be dealing with what's happening...
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today i rise to celebrate the achievement of detroit's foreign language immersion and cultural studies schools middle school robotics team. their outstanding performance this year has been remarkable. the team is detroit public schools' first team in more than 30 years to travel to the fourth inspiration and recognition of science and technology international championship. later this month the team will be taking on the best teams from all over the world in this high stakes four day competition. team techno phoenix as we call them has worked hard and persevered in competition throughout the season, including an outstanding performance at our state championship. i'm so incredibly proud of these group of young people who have invested time and energy into this challenging pursuit. congratulations, flicks team techno phoenix. we cheer you on as you go enter the first international competition on our behalf. mr. speaker, i rise in offering a heartfelt congratulations to the members of the detroit renaissance high school's chess team on their first place victory in the under 800 category at
today i rise to celebrate the achievement of detroit's foreign language immersion and cultural studies schools middle school robotics team. their outstanding performance this year has been remarkable. the team is detroit public schools' first team in more than 30 years to travel to the fourth inspiration and recognition of science and technology international championship. later this month the team will be taking on the best teams from all over the world in this high stakes four day...
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finance, and bankruptcy that you saw detroit go through. i have four communities in my district that are going through or coming out of being under a financial manager. theddition to that, i have largest number of middle eastern population in my district and in the neighboring districts. i have issues playing out in yemen -- all of these are my constituents. where some congress members may not be dealing with what is happening in yemen except for a broad discussion, these are my constituents and they are family. that has been an issue and a responsibility for me when it casework, when it comes to my being sensitive. i have a large jewish population. and it ish israel very important that i represent them. social justice issues. they want me to have a voice and stand up and fight for them. what is happening when it comes to policing in america. our education. title i. it breaks my heart because i know the impact for those children who are in poverty that title i has on their ability to succeed in an educational system. will call that not norm
finance, and bankruptcy that you saw detroit go through. i have four communities in my district that are going through or coming out of being under a financial manager. theddition to that, i have largest number of middle eastern population in my district and in the neighboring districts. i have issues playing out in yemen -- all of these are my constituents. where some congress members may not be dealing with what is happening in yemen except for a broad discussion, these are my constituents...
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this was allowing him to board the plane to detroit. the u.s. government had the information for the system, to potentially uncovered the plot and disrupt the attack. rather than a failure to collect or share intelligence, this was a failure to connect and understand the intelligence that we already had. that is why we took swift action in the days following christmas, reviewing and updating the system and adding more individuals to the list. and directing the indices to include current information in their warnings for individuals with terrorist connections. i am directing a series of steps across multiple agencies. broadly speaking, these fall into four areas. i am directing that the intelligence community will begin to assign specific responsibility for all leads on the high-priority bretz, and these leads will be acted upon aggressively. not just most of the time, but all the time. we must follow the leads that we get. and we must pursue them until the plots are disrupted. and that means assigning clear lines of responsibility. i am directin
this was allowing him to board the plane to detroit. the u.s. government had the information for the system, to potentially uncovered the plot and disrupt the attack. rather than a failure to collect or share intelligence, this was a failure to connect and understand the intelligence that we already had. that is why we took swift action in the days following christmas, reviewing and updating the system and adding more individuals to the list. and directing the indices to include current...
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-- flight 253 to detroit. on the way, he detonated a device on his thigh which resulted in a fire. he was subdued by flight crew and passengers. remains in custody in the u.s. -- many countries are doing everything they can to piece together his movements shortly before this attack and are considering what urgent steps need to be taken to prevent further attacks of this nature. it is an issue of grave concern at that the explosive device was not detected by security in nigeria or in the netherlands. as has been widely reported, he attended university college london between 2005 and 2008, where he completed a degree in engineering. during this time, he was known to the security service but not as somebody engaged in violent extremism. his family and friends have stated their belief that he turned to this during his time in yemen. from the information we have currently, it is not possible to chart with absolute certainty his exact movements after he left the u.k. 14 months ago. he is known to of spent several mo
-- flight 253 to detroit. on the way, he detonated a device on his thigh which resulted in a fire. he was subdued by flight crew and passengers. remains in custody in the u.s. -- many countries are doing everything they can to piece together his movements shortly before this attack and are considering what urgent steps need to be taken to prevent further attacks of this nature. it is an issue of grave concern at that the explosive device was not detected by security in nigeria or in the...
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host: they are looking at what is happening in detroit. guest: general petraeus is elevated and is in charge of all u.s. military operations in the middle east. for the last eight months, they have been talking about yemen as the new front were they think some al qaeda leaders are calling. there is a vast on government territory in the northern desert area, and it has complicated attempts by the government to go after al qaeda. it is complicated by shiite engines 8 -- insurgency along that border it. the u.s. military is providing counter terror training and operations through joint special operations command to go after al qaeda there. the u.s. is constantly pressuring yemen to focus on the al qaeda problem rather than the shiite insurgency. host: to you agree with that? guest: yes. we're hearing about lawlessness in the country, lack of any control of the government in yemen. and also a country that has abject poverty -- 35% unemployment rate and a significant drop in its oil revenue. what is interesting is that if you look good some of
host: they are looking at what is happening in detroit. guest: general petraeus is elevated and is in charge of all u.s. military operations in the middle east. for the last eight months, they have been talking about yemen as the new front were they think some al qaeda leaders are calling. there is a vast on government territory in the northern desert area, and it has complicated attempts by the government to go after al qaeda. it is complicated by shiite engines 8 -- insurgency along that...
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on a plane in detroit airport. he was talking to people that detained him. and those arrested in other administrations all were charged and tried in criminal court and sentenced. some cases to life in prisonment. just because someone is put in the criminal legal process does not mean we have other opportunities to get information from them. >> let me ask this specifically, after abdulmutallab got lawyered up, did he stop talking? >> i am not going to address before or after he talked with his lawyer. we got information and we continued to have opportunities to do that. as you talk to the lawyers and individuals and they recognize what they are facing as far as the charges, there are opportunities to continue to talk about it. f.b.i. has g4bsome of the best briefers in the world. >> one thing, his miranda rights, we doesn't have to speak at all. >> he doesn't have to, and if he wants to engage with us in a productive manner, there are ways. >> why not treat him, you have the right as an enemy combatant, why not do that. and if he's got more intelligence about
on a plane in detroit airport. he was talking to people that detained him. and those arrested in other administrations all were charged and tried in criminal court and sentenced. some cases to life in prisonment. just because someone is put in the criminal legal process does not mean we have other opportunities to get information from them. >> let me ask this specifically, after abdulmutallab got lawyered up, did he stop talking? >> i am not going to address before or after he...
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the formertern, detroit police chief and former detroit "free press" journalist. an american history tv special live today at noon eastern on cspan3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back patrick clawson, research director at the washington institute. we want to focus on the iran nuclear deal put in place by president obama and reaffirmed this past week by president trump. explain what he did and why. guest: on the one hand, he certified iran is not violating the deal. at the same time, he puts new sanctions on it on and threatened to take further steps if iran does not release some american citizens it is holding. host: what does this mean for iran and the u.s.? guest: trump administration is trying to shift the focus to iran policy as a whole and arguing iran sanctions are troubling and it wants to concentrate on the whole package of traveling actions iran is engaged in. host: i want to remind our audience what candidate trump said on the campaign trail running for president. let's watch. [video clip] the biggest: concern with the deal
the formertern, detroit police chief and former detroit "free press" journalist. an american history tv special live today at noon eastern on cspan3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back patrick clawson, research director at the washington institute. we want to focus on the iran nuclear deal put in place by president obama and reaffirmed this past week by president trump. explain what he did and why. guest: on the one hand, he certified iran...
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:30 eastern on c-span, we will show you the first of two democratic presidential primary debates in detroit hosted by cnn. sunday morning at 10:30 eastern, the second round of presidential primary debates, saturday and sunday at 10:30 p.m. eastern. >> i live in a country where there is no public transportation and a woman to leave the house to do anything in her life, she needs a car. to function or drive this car, she needs a man. >> sunday night, saudi arabian human rights activists talks about herbook decision to challenge the saudi government ban on women drivers. anthe right to drive is not act of civil disobedience. we show that we are able and capable of driving and being in the driver seat of our own destiny of doing this act of civil disobedience. >> watch on c-span's q&a. she is with the health and human services department and is the assistant inspector general for valuation. welcome to the program. the --k you for having having me. yst: can
:30 eastern on c-span, we will show you the first of two democratic presidential primary debates in detroit hosted by cnn. sunday morning at 10:30 eastern, the second round of presidential primary debates, saturday and sunday at 10:30 p.m. eastern. >> i live in a country where there is no public transportation and a woman to leave the house to do anything in her life, she needs a car. to function or drive this car, she needs a man. >> sunday night, saudi arabian human rights...
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that's why shortly after the attempted bombing over detroit i ordered two revies. i directed secretary of home land security janet napolitano to review aviation screening, technology, and procedures. she briefed me on her initial findings today. and i'm pleased that this review is drawing on the best science and technology, including the expertise of secretary of energy steven chu and his department. i also directed my counterterrorism and homeland security advisor, john brennan, to lead a thorough review into our terrorist watch listing system so we can fix what went wrong. as we discussed today, this ongoing review continues to reveal more about the human and systemic failures that almost cost nearly 300 lives. we will make a summary of this preliminary report public within the next few days. but let me share some of what we know so far. as i described over the weekend , elements of our intelligence community knew that umar farouk abdulmutallab had traveled to yemen and joined up with extremists there. it now turns out that our intelligence community knew of othe
that's why shortly after the attempted bombing over detroit i ordered two revies. i directed secretary of home land security janet napolitano to review aviation screening, technology, and procedures. she briefed me on her initial findings today. and i'm pleased that this review is drawing on the best science and technology, including the expertise of secretary of energy steven chu and his department. i also directed my counterterrorism and homeland security advisor, john brennan, to lead a...
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we're strongest when we recognize it's detroit, michigan. and the thing i am proudest to say, after how many decades can each one of us say now that we all have common goal of not dwelling on detroit's past, but saying let's grow the city of detroit, in particular put emphasis on neighborhoods to bring them back to be a great place to live in our state. let's see detroit continue going up and mayor, you have my support and partnership in helping make that happen. thank you. thank you. now, for 2015, i am excited, and i hope you are too when i am done. first of all, i want to recognize great bipartisan work done at the end of last year. it was about doing a bipartisan solution to deal with something we knew we had to do, and that is a transportation proposal, to deal with the fact that we have rotten roads and bridges in our state. no one in michigan likes our roads and bridges. we got that work done, but our work isn't done. now we need to ask our citizens to support that effort in may on the ballot. what is this all about? the key issue is
we're strongest when we recognize it's detroit, michigan. and the thing i am proudest to say, after how many decades can each one of us say now that we all have common goal of not dwelling on detroit's past, but saying let's grow the city of detroit, in particular put emphasis on neighborhoods to bring them back to be a great place to live in our state. let's see detroit continue going up and mayor, you have my support and partnership in helping make that happen. thank you. thank you. now, for...
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if we want to do thumbing for detroit, why don't we cut the taxes for detroit? [applause] jack kemp was the first person to talk about this. i call these -- we take tax cuts to areas of high incidence of poverty, and we dramatically cut the taxes. not a little bit. we almost completely wipe out federal taxes so they can have more money. a detroit, it would be a 1.3 billion dollars tax cut. for baltimore, about 90 million per year. [applause] why does this work better than a government stimulus? we tried a government stimulus. we gave a bunch of money, about $800 billion that we gave out. we did not know who to give it to you. when they divided up, it was about 400 thousand dollars per job. if you give it back to the people -- think about baltimore, there are pockets of poverty but there are businesses that are succeeding. you don't want to give it to the brand-new person, given to the old business. they will hire new people. give them back more of their money but in a dramatic fashion to stimulate the cities and get the cities growing again. what i'm saying is t
if we want to do thumbing for detroit, why don't we cut the taxes for detroit? [applause] jack kemp was the first person to talk about this. i call these -- we take tax cuts to areas of high incidence of poverty, and we dramatically cut the taxes. not a little bit. we almost completely wipe out federal taxes so they can have more money. a detroit, it would be a 1.3 billion dollars tax cut. for baltimore, about 90 million per year. [applause] why does this work better than a government stimulus?...
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he was allowed to board the plane in amsterdam for detroit. while the watch list system was not broken, help the intelligence community needs information into the system needs to be strengthened. how do we fix the problem? today the president is issuing a directive to all agencies on the corrective actions he has decided on. there are more than a dozen corrective steps altogether, each assigned to an agency that is responsible for its implementation. he is directing that our intelligence community immediately begin assigning responsibility for investigating all leads on a high priority threats so that they are pursued and acted upon aggressively and that plots are disrupted. he is directing that we strengthen the analytic process. director of national intelligence blair will take the lead in improving day-to-day efforts. there will identify and analyze intelligence among the vast universe of intelligence we collect. that challenge, dealing with volumes of information, is growing every day. the president is ordering an immediate effort to stren
he was allowed to board the plane in amsterdam for detroit. while the watch list system was not broken, help the intelligence community needs information into the system needs to be strengthened. how do we fix the problem? today the president is issuing a directive to all agencies on the corrective actions he has decided on. there are more than a dozen corrective steps altogether, each assigned to an agency that is responsible for its implementation. he is directing that our intelligence...
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while in the air, customs in detroit has access to the entire data base but a as we now know, and that is the large mega database that has five and a thousand names in it. -- 500,000 names in it. they were ready when they were landed to question him about that. >> the terrorist watch list did not have his name on it. >> why was the director about to take leave after the incident? >> when the incident occurred on christmas day, a number of people came into their offices and focused on it immediately. i was in constant contact. [unintelligible] he was scheduled to go on leave to meet his son. he asked me whether not he should cancel the trip. i told them he deserted the vacation. he needs to be a this them. i was the one who told him he should go out there. our review has looked at what inspired the -- happened there. [unintelligible] we were in constant contact with one another throughout the time. >> when did the first note that aqat had been sentenced to strike the homeland? how early? >> in the intelligence, over the past several years, it has been aspirational. they have said things
while in the air, customs in detroit has access to the entire data base but a as we now know, and that is the large mega database that has five and a thousand names in it. -- 500,000 names in it. they were ready when they were landed to question him about that. >> the terrorist watch list did not have his name on it. >> why was the director about to take leave after the incident? >> when the incident occurred on christmas day, a number of people came into their offices and...
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-- flight 253 to detroit. on the way, he detonated a device on his thigh which resulted in a fire. he was subdued by flight crew and passengers. remains in custody in the u.s. -- many countries are doing everything they can to piece together his movements shortly before this attack and are considering what urgent steps need to be taken to prevent further attacks of this nature. it is an issue of grave concern at that the explosive device was not detected by security in nigeria or in the netherlands. as has been widely reported, he attended university college london between 2005 and 2008, where he completed a degree in engineering. during this time, he was known to the security service but not as somebody engaged in violent extremism. his family and friends have stated their belief that he turned to this during his time in yemen. from the information we have currently, it is not possible to chart with absolute certainty his exact movements after he left the u.k. 14 months ago. he is known to of spent several mo
-- flight 253 to detroit. on the way, he detonated a device on his thigh which resulted in a fire. he was subdued by flight crew and passengers. remains in custody in the u.s. -- many countries are doing everything they can to piece together his movements shortly before this attack and are considering what urgent steps need to be taken to prevent further attacks of this nature. it is an issue of grave concern at that the explosive device was not detected by security in nigeria or in the...
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and then the flight to detroit -- what that showed is the continued capability of al qaeda, with that question. although it is diminished, there is no question that it has capability. there's no question that this is a learning organization. this extremist network -- and it takes a network to take down in network, which is what we have and what we are working on on the military side together intelligence from counterparts and comrades. but what the and i and others were expressing was that, given -- but what the dni and others were expressing was that there could be an attack of some type in the course of the months or the year would have appeared that has generally been the case for some time, albeit -- or the year, what have you. that was generally -- that has generally been the case for some time. >> i hope i have this right. not a single american was killed in iraq in december of this past year. >> in november, there was killed in action, suicides and accidents. in december, you are right, there was none. in january, there was when. >> the general has graciously agreed to answer s
and then the flight to detroit -- what that showed is the continued capability of al qaeda, with that question. although it is diminished, there is no question that it has capability. there's no question that this is a learning organization. this extremist network -- and it takes a network to take down in network, which is what we have and what we are working on on the military side together intelligence from counterparts and comrades. but what the and i and others were expressing was that,...
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solve the advocate away d teach every person whether you are in a school district in or san d or in detroit francisco, you teach them omputer science or robotics or engineering and then we retrain adults with skills the industry needs. how we bring jobs back. and ing a border wall heard.ban will ost: next is barney from florida. caller: mr. lieu, may i applaud you? you said the right thing. this muslim ban ain't nothing herring. we have not been attacked by .one of them countries protect us and we here, eople sitting president trump voted to go back watch history channel and how hitler controlled masses. he did it by discriminating the jews. this is the same thing that hitler used. so, america, we need it wake up. mr. lieu, you hit the nail on the head. host: how do you feel about nazi comparisons? guest: i do believe there are azi comparisons that are grossly overexaggerated. but it is troubling on holocaust memory day there was statements without referencing jews. strain of an nti-semitism among some trump advisors and that is troubling. ut there is something similar not so much naziism b
solve the advocate away d teach every person whether you are in a school district in or san d or in detroit francisco, you teach them omputer science or robotics or engineering and then we retrain adults with skills the industry needs. how we bring jobs back. and ing a border wall heard.ban will ost: next is barney from florida. caller: mr. lieu, may i applaud you? you said the right thing. this muslim ban ain't nothing herring. we have not been attacked by .one of them countries protect us and...
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i rise today to congratulate the tus keyingy -- tuskegee airmen museum in detroit to get training. it was founded to record the unsung but substantial contributions of our nation's first black military airmen. the museum, madam speaker, has grown to operate from three different locations across the city of detroit, including the charles wright african-american history museum, the historic fort wayne, and the municipal airport where it offers career training programs for those interested in training and aerospace science. the aviation training has been in operation for more than 30 years. $500,000 will go a long way in their flight training program, which is offered to young people aged 14 to 19 in the metro detroit area and puts students on the path towards obtaining a private pilot's license. i wish you could see the exciting facing when i went to one of their events of young people, again, learning to fly. the museum works in partnership with many of our local organizations and universities to connect as many -- to connect many interested students with the training, resources, an
i rise today to congratulate the tus keyingy -- tuskegee airmen museum in detroit to get training. it was founded to record the unsung but substantial contributions of our nation's first black military airmen. the museum, madam speaker, has grown to operate from three different locations across the city of detroit, including the charles wright african-american history museum, the historic fort wayne, and the municipal airport where it offers career training programs for those interested in...
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to the defense's -- abdultallab slipped through our defenses and boarded a flight from amsterdam to detroit over which he attempted suicide bombing. courageous and quick action by the passengers and crew prevented the deaths of 290 board -- to under 90 people aboard that plane and many more on the ground below. we were lucky, we were very lucky. because it is not in five years since the enactment of the 9/11 commission recommendations for intelligence reform, senator collins and i decided last year to initiate a series of oversight hearings this year to examine how well these reforms have been implemented and whether it further -- whether further changes and all law, regulation, or implementation are needed to protect our country. that is the inquiry we begin today. but now, of course, we must carry out our oversight responsibilities through the unsaddling prism of the christmas day breach of our homeland defenses by the terrorists. . >> it created the national counter-terrorism center to ensure there was a single place in the government that would assess it terrorism through its using the
to the defense's -- abdultallab slipped through our defenses and boarded a flight from amsterdam to detroit over which he attempted suicide bombing. courageous and quick action by the passengers and crew prevented the deaths of 290 board -- to under 90 people aboard that plane and many more on the ground below. we were lucky, we were very lucky. because it is not in five years since the enactment of the 9/11 commission recommendations for intelligence reform, senator collins and i decided last...
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i think the recent case of the bomber who attempted to ignite the device on the flight to detroit is a good example of individuals being able to use a relatively simple explosive devices to create catastrophic effects, even in failure, having major political ramifications. one can only imagine what would happen if terrorists or networks or to use weapons of mass destruction, and biological agents, radiological devices or even a nuclear device. those means of destruction are out there. the information about them is widely available and it will only disseminate further in the future. in addition, i think 9/11 is well demonstrated about what to do with the game and -- yemen is that no corner of the country can be ignored. the world is so interconnected and people can connect so easily with the western world, there is no corner of the world that can be ignored. that goes not only for terrorism were you have safe havens in places like the troubled regions of western pakistan, the lawless land up somalia, but also with issues like health were a pandemic and start in one corner of the world
i think the recent case of the bomber who attempted to ignite the device on the flight to detroit is a good example of individuals being able to use a relatively simple explosive devices to create catastrophic effects, even in failure, having major political ramifications. one can only imagine what would happen if terrorists or networks or to use weapons of mass destruction, and biological agents, radiological devices or even a nuclear device. those means of destruction are out there. the...
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detroit, humphrey, michigan, and cofounder of the digital task force for nabj. what other loopholes exist and the law that you can enlighten us on? on the patriot act, can electronic equipment can be confiscated at borders by customs and be searched without warrant? things that sort. sort.ngs of that >> to be honest, i'm not familiar with that enough to sort of go through the list. >> i think we would need a media lawyer. there's not one on this panel. >> that's the next animal. >> i can speak specifically to the guidelines about seizure of fun records and the rest of the loophole that the attorney general needs to sign off if it poses a threat or compromise the integrity of the investigation and they can still do what they did to the ap. the loophole a smaller but it still exists. >> federal laws broadly in the sometimesrveillance are wildly overused. there was an internet entrepreneur who downloaded a bunch of documents from m.i.t. and he ended up being indicted on very, very serious felony charges and ultimately suicide.d -- committed he was operating in ways
detroit, humphrey, michigan, and cofounder of the digital task force for nabj. what other loopholes exist and the law that you can enlighten us on? on the patriot act, can electronic equipment can be confiscated at borders by customs and be searched without warrant? things that sort. sort.ngs of that >> to be honest, i'm not familiar with that enough to sort of go through the list. >> i think we would need a media lawyer. there's not one on this panel. >> that's the next...
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he served as the deputy chief patrol agent in detroit and as an assistant agent in tucson, arizona. rebecca gambler is a director in the u.s. accountability office of homeland's security. she leads the work of border security and immigration issues. and hased in 20102, worked on a range of issues. marc rosenblum is a specialist in immigration policy at the congressional research center and is a professor of political secience in new orleans. he is the co-editor of the oxford handbook of international migration. he has also published over 40 articles, book chapters, and policy breeze on immigration and u.s.-latin american relations. the chair recognizes chief fisher for his testimony. >> distinguished members of the subcommittee, it is a privilege and then honored to appear before you today to discuss the work that customs and border protection dozen securing america's borders. in 28, 2012 will mark the 80th birthday of the patrol. as this day approaches, i am reminded how the author defined the term "writing of the brand" as a loyalty to the brand. since the days of the mo anddern -
he served as the deputy chief patrol agent in detroit and as an assistant agent in tucson, arizona. rebecca gambler is a director in the u.s. accountability office of homeland's security. she leads the work of border security and immigration issues. and hased in 20102, worked on a range of issues. marc rosenblum is a specialist in immigration policy at the congressional research center and is a professor of political secience in new orleans. he is the co-editor of the oxford handbook of...
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-- flight 253 to detroit. on the way, he detonated a device on his thigh which resulted in a fire. he was subdued by flight crew and passengers. remains in custody in the u.s. -- many countries are doing everything they can to piece together his movements shortly before this attack and are considering what urgent steps need to be taken to prevent further attacks of this nature. it is an issue of grave concern at that the explosive device was not detected by security in nigeria or in the netherlands. as has been widely reported, he attended university college london between 2005 and 2008, where he completed a degree in engineering. during this time, he was known to the security service but not as somebody engaged in violent extremism. his family and friends have stated their belief that he turned to this during his time in yemen. from the information we have currently, it is not possible to chart with absolute certainty his exact movements after he left the u.k. 14 months ago. he is known to of spent several mo
-- flight 253 to detroit. on the way, he detonated a device on his thigh which resulted in a fire. he was subdued by flight crew and passengers. remains in custody in the u.s. -- many countries are doing everything they can to piece together his movements shortly before this attack and are considering what urgent steps need to be taken to prevent further attacks of this nature. it is an issue of grave concern at that the explosive device was not detected by security in nigeria or in the...
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that includes umar farouk abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up an airplane over detroit, and faisal shahzad, who put a car bomb in times square. it is in a court of law that we will try dzhokhar tsarnaev, who is accused of bombing the boston marathon. richard reid, the shoe bomber, is as we speak serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison here in the united states. in sentencing reid, judge william young told him, "the way we treat you is the measure of our own liberty." >> how about [indiscernible] >> we went -- >> is that the way we treat [indiscernible] >> he went -- >> [indiscernible] killing people on the basis of suspicious activities? [indiscernible] >> we are addressing that, ma'am. >> [indiscernible] you have killed. will you compensate the innocent families' victims? [indiscernible] i love my country. i love the rule of law. [indiscernible] >> you know, i think -- i am going off script, as you might expect here. [laughter] [applause] the voice of that woman is worth paying attention to. [applause] obviously, i do not agree with much of what she said. obviously, she was n
that includes umar farouk abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up an airplane over detroit, and faisal shahzad, who put a car bomb in times square. it is in a court of law that we will try dzhokhar tsarnaev, who is accused of bombing the boston marathon. richard reid, the shoe bomber, is as we speak serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison here in the united states. in sentencing reid, judge william young told him, "the way we treat you is the measure of our own liberty."...
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as detroit seen any signs of " in the economy? what is the situation like now -- has detroit see any signs of hope in the economy? what is the situation like now? guest: this situation is horrible. there is no other way to put it. there are lots of people who are losing everything. municipal governments, state governments -- they are all scrambling to deal with unbelievable deficits, foreclosures. i think that if there is hope, it is that we are starting to see the automakers -- at least two of the companies headed in the right direction. ford never went through bankruptcy, and is doing pretty well. but it will be a long haul for us here. it will be years before we can make some structural changes that we need to get our economy to the place where it can drive an economy that does not depend as much on the manufacturing as it once did. speaking host: of a ford in particular, -- host: speaking of a ford in particular, the associated press has a story saying that it made $2.7 billion in 2010, the first annual profit in four years. -
as detroit seen any signs of " in the economy? what is the situation like now -- has detroit see any signs of hope in the economy? what is the situation like now? guest: this situation is horrible. there is no other way to put it. there are lots of people who are losing everything. municipal governments, state governments -- they are all scrambling to deal with unbelievable deficits, foreclosures. i think that if there is hope, it is that we are starting to see the automakers -- at least...
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it's in the very federal taxes that detroit individuals and detroit businesses pay every year. $2 billion a year detroiters pay to the federal government, to the i.r.s. and washington. my bill, house bill 2920, would ask this congress to say this, instead of sending detroit tax dollars to washington, d.c., let's redirect that money to detroit, place it in a trust fund where it can't be touched, only to go to projects that will create jobs. to retire our debt. to hire police officers, to hire school teachers, to keep our school buildings open longer. high quality schools. and, yes, to cut taxes, to eliminate our city income tax and reduce our property taxes. that would attract jobs back. and then we'd have the money to fix up those roads, repair that deteriorating water system and train people for jobs and then possibly even create a job program like the job program that i got hired into. that saved me, that saved me from a life that my friends ened up into, in prison and incarcerated, on drugs or dead. those programs that this congress stood for 30 years ago helped save my life and it cou
it's in the very federal taxes that detroit individuals and detroit businesses pay every year. $2 billion a year detroiters pay to the federal government, to the i.r.s. and washington. my bill, house bill 2920, would ask this congress to say this, instead of sending detroit tax dollars to washington, d.c., let's redirect that money to detroit, place it in a trust fund where it can't be touched, only to go to projects that will create jobs. to retire our debt. to hire police officers, to hire...
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i made an executive decision i would get on the us -- bus day after day and travel down to the detroit institute of arts, run through those galleries and two i knew every picture, who painted them, listening to my portable radio, mozart great kids in detroit thought i was nuts. a black kid listening to mozart and i tried to convince them that the mo in motown was mozart. i even tried to decide which college i would attend based on that show. i was going to apply to the college that that won the grand championship at the college bowl. .yale demolished harvard. i applied to yale, and fortunately they excepted me with a scholarship. i was gung ho i would you contestant on college bowl. the year i went there was the year the college ball went off the air. years later when i decided i wanted to be a nero surgeon i said, what is the best choice for a euro surgeon? john hopkins. they only took two people a year out of the top 125 applicants. going to get to be one of them? the fellow was also in charge of cultural affairs at the haas. -- hospital. the conversation turned to classical music. w
i made an executive decision i would get on the us -- bus day after day and travel down to the detroit institute of arts, run through those galleries and two i knew every picture, who painted them, listening to my portable radio, mozart great kids in detroit thought i was nuts. a black kid listening to mozart and i tried to convince them that the mo in motown was mozart. i even tried to decide which college i would attend based on that show. i was going to apply to the college that that won the...
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caller: i live in detroit. the plane the unabomber flew over my apartment building, my question is, i think your work is fascinating. have you explored the wasibility that the bomber left on the plane by officials? there's video on the internet and interview from people from detroit that road on that plane. banker,er, a wealthy had tried to let authorities know that his son was very troubled and was trying to get them back home. he knew he was engaged in troubling activities. i talked with some reporters in detroit about the trial which didn't take place. they said the unabomber's was someonethat he who was working with the someone working with the was thent and that defense and he did not go to trial. were you able to uncover anything through videos or the information that shows he was purposely left on even though the person questioning his paper , or the misspelling of his name? guest: i think you meant to say underwear bomber. evidence that he was deliberately let on the plane. it was incompetence. and ms.
caller: i live in detroit. the plane the unabomber flew over my apartment building, my question is, i think your work is fascinating. have you explored the wasibility that the bomber left on the plane by officials? there's video on the internet and interview from people from detroit that road on that plane. banker,er, a wealthy had tried to let authorities know that his son was very troubled and was trying to get them back home. he knew he was engaged in troubling activities. i talked with some...
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of a city like detroit, and what lessons that had for saudi arabia. it was a well thought through piece which exposed the needs and issues of poverty in saudi arabia, issues of urban decay and detroit. i just thought, i think that was so remarkable. he was not like this partisan sort of -- he really wanted to mide us all, i think, nbs -- bs and us, through this change, however it was going. i think as far as evolution, we would have conversations about islam. he said, there needs to be some space for political islam in the arab world. there needs to be some mechanism by which we can disagree about our societies and not have it resort to violence. so, yes, absolutely. i think -- like i said, i am still processing everything that we have said in conversations, and what is happening. everything now is in i think sharper relief. is shooting up people who decide to speak out. so yes. again, we express our sympathies for your loss, and the post's loss, of a friend and colleague. i need to ask you finally -- you may not feel able to answer this -- whether he
of a city like detroit, and what lessons that had for saudi arabia. it was a well thought through piece which exposed the needs and issues of poverty in saudi arabia, issues of urban decay and detroit. i just thought, i think that was so remarkable. he was not like this partisan sort of -- he really wanted to mide us all, i think, nbs -- bs and us, through this change, however it was going. i think as far as evolution, we would have conversations about islam. he said, there needs to be some...
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i grew up in detroit in the 60's and 70's. andprocess to capitalism democracy, you can follow it from the constitution. -- the midwest, the values that were created -- literally were tied to the constitution. , the kennedys, martin luther king, you go back to abraham lincoln and you see the process ends in them and it mid-1970's -- i grew up in detroit with a process called globalization. my first book was titled supply-side economics. what we have seen in the past 40 years is where, when we fought the south, we thought that horrible ideology of slavery and we won. the country was able to move forward through detroit, cleveland, pittsburgh into wisconsin through labor unions and whatever. globalization allows the system to go outside the country and exploit the third world -- it is all backed by the state of texas, which would be your republicans and the states of california and new york, which would be so-called democrats or liberals. if you go to new york, you can see wall street and the federal reserve and the treasury. gol
i grew up in detroit in the 60's and 70's. andprocess to capitalism democracy, you can follow it from the constitution. -- the midwest, the values that were created -- literally were tied to the constitution. , the kennedys, martin luther king, you go back to abraham lincoln and you see the process ends in them and it mid-1970's -- i grew up in detroit with a process called globalization. my first book was titled supply-side economics. what we have seen in the past 40 years is where, when we...
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person not being placed on the no-fly list, thereby, allowing him to board that plane in amsterdam for detroit. in summary, the u.s. government had the information scattered throughout the system to potentially on the cover this plot and disrupt the attack rather than of failure to collect or share intelligence, this was a failure to connect and understand the intelligence that we already had. and that is why we took swift action in the days following christmas, including updating the terrorist watch list system and adding more individuals to the no-fly list and directing our embassies to include current visa information in their warnings of individuals with a suspected terrorist ties. today i am directing a series of additional corrective steps across multiple agencies. they fall into four areas. first, i am directing that our intelligence community to begin assigning specific responsibility for investigating all leads on high- priority threats so these leads are pursued and acted upon aggressively. not just most of the time, but all of the time. we must follow the leads that we get. and we m
person not being placed on the no-fly list, thereby, allowing him to board that plane in amsterdam for detroit. in summary, the u.s. government had the information scattered throughout the system to potentially on the cover this plot and disrupt the attack rather than of failure to collect or share intelligence, this was a failure to connect and understand the intelligence that we already had. and that is why we took swift action in the days following christmas, including updating the terrorist...
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regard to the processing of passengers as a result of the attempt to blow up the northwest airliner over detroit. so let me indicate what we have done and then provide a very direct response to your question about how will this be funded. two major partnerships characterized our response. and remember, as you indicated, what happened in the yemen cargo plot was that we received intelligence, our government did, from the saudi intelligence that indicated there were two packages that were on their way to the united states that were intended to be detonated in the cargo plane over chicago. so the question then was how do we locate those packages. and i think one of the changes in the global supply chain is we did identify out of this mass of the tens of millions of packages and cargos involved in the international trade, we were in relatively short order, working together with our partners abroad, able to pluck out those two packages and to neutralize them to so they did not do damage to the american homeland. as we analyze the situation, though, we were able then to also identify very quickly wher
regard to the processing of passengers as a result of the attempt to blow up the northwest airliner over detroit. so let me indicate what we have done and then provide a very direct response to your question about how will this be funded. two major partnerships characterized our response. and remember, as you indicated, what happened in the yemen cargo plot was that we received intelligence, our government did, from the saudi intelligence that indicated there were two packages that were on...
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our head of public affairs and a representative of the detroit staff will also begin holding regular press briefings. -- of the joint staff. my aim is to give you an overview of my first 30 days in office and to give you out and my priorities. it has been a busy first month for the team, i am encouraged by the progress we are making. our direction remains fixed. we are committed to the national defense strategy and its three lines of effort. building more lethal force. strengthening alliances and partnerships. and reforming the department for better business practices. and i added line of effort for me. taking care of a servicemember's and their families. the nds is a strategy grounded in reality, strategic competitors such as china and russia are deliberately billing up and modernizing their military forces, to challenge the united states and enable their geopolitical aspirations. at the same time, regional adversaries like iran and north korea, continue to promote instability. thus, the apartments central challenge is to balance current requirements with the needs of the future. bo
our head of public affairs and a representative of the detroit staff will also begin holding regular press briefings. -- of the joint staff. my aim is to give you an overview of my first 30 days in office and to give you out and my priorities. it has been a busy first month for the team, i am encouraged by the progress we are making. our direction remains fixed. we are committed to the national defense strategy and its three lines of effort. building more lethal force. strengthening alliances...
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host: we are talking with david at detroit news. shepards john, independent line, san diego, california. caller: thanks for c-span. david, i realize you are from detroit. you worked in the motor industry, which obama saved. a previous caller said the same thing. you remember when we went through this whole scenario back in the 1970's. it is not 54.5. it is 39. you never see that in the media. the media will say obama -- this will not save any gas. you are telling the real facts. it did not work in the 1970's. by the 1990's, they will have to lower it. i cannot remember it. they kept up the mileage per gallon. and then it all went away. if you want to put a general motors car on the market, no one is telling us -- no one can afford a $50,0 car. it is so easy to save money 20 years ago. they cannot afford that. my sister wants to buy a new car. she has always bought a subaru. it is still showing 80 miles per gallon. she said -- 18 miles per gallon. i asked -- she is going to buy the subaru until it stutters. if they are really serious
host: we are talking with david at detroit news. shepards john, independent line, san diego, california. caller: thanks for c-span. david, i realize you are from detroit. you worked in the motor industry, which obama saved. a previous caller said the same thing. you remember when we went through this whole scenario back in the 1970's. it is not 54.5. it is 39. you never see that in the media. the media will say obama -- this will not save any gas. you are telling the real facts. it did not work...
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he focuses on detroit. so now he's investing in detroit. now we're building bicycles in detroit. top of the line bicycles. hard to buy them, by the way. but i watched them being built downtown. we're making watches. great shinola detroit watches. you remember that super bowl game where chrysler said imported from detroit? remember that? kind of shocked people. well, people are getting over their shock. we're coming back as a manufacturing country and as a state and as a city we're coming back. the sburel spirit in detroit is amaze -- the sburel spirit in detroit is amazing. we have hundreds of young people that are involved in stuff i don't understand quite frankly. you know, creating apps for every damn thing in the world. hundreds of them. are you can't get -- you can't buy a condo in detroit. danny gilbert's turning these vacant buildings into condos. you can't even buy one they're so busy. that's the other half of detroit. so to answer your question, yeah, we spend a lot of time. part of it is trying to turn around the image of detroit to make sure people see the half i just
he focuses on detroit. so now he's investing in detroit. now we're building bicycles in detroit. top of the line bicycles. hard to buy them, by the way. but i watched them being built downtown. we're making watches. great shinola detroit watches. you remember that super bowl game where chrysler said imported from detroit? remember that? kind of shocked people. well, people are getting over their shock. we're coming back as a manufacturing country and as a state and as a city we're coming back....
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in terms of commee crossing the bridge particularly at detroit. will you take a look at that, madam secretary? then issue a letter or not -- find out for us why the city of detroit is not listed. it makes a difference in terms of allocation and resources as to whether running international waterway. >> yes, i'll chill down on that, senar. finally, a thank you. yesterday remembered 9/11 -- i guess today's now. been following 9/11, there is a small group of people in detroit representing the arb-american community and law enforcement. they came together and formed a group called bridges. there is but a really strong connection between the law-enforcement community under the leadersip of the u.s. attorney in detroit and including also elements of the homeland security department. so the communication is far better. the trust is far better. they work shoulder to shoulder now against violence and hatred. it is an important group because if you have the support of the community, whatever community working with law-enforcement, it is a great source of am
in terms of commee crossing the bridge particularly at detroit. will you take a look at that, madam secretary? then issue a letter or not -- find out for us why the city of detroit is not listed. it makes a difference in terms of allocation and resources as to whether running international waterway. >> yes, i'll chill down on that, senar. finally, a thank you. yesterday remembered 9/11 -- i guess today's now. been following 9/11, there is a small group of people in detroit representing...
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its secondary inspection once he landed in detroit. i wanted to ask you whether waiting until the airplanes doors close is too late and whether we need to thoroughly screened each flight passenger manifest list against all of our databases at least 24 hours if not longer before the plane is set to the part to the u.s.? >> some of that should be held to our classified briefings. what we where we want to get to is if we have the rocket carried information if someone is a threat, and never get on a plane. the problem is that when they put the documents together, that information was not enough to advise a carrier not to put him on a plane. that was the problem here. with the millions of passengers that live every day, i would like to talk to you about that more in depth and a classified setting. >> you understand my point that prior to boarding a plane is that we have a passenger identifying information but not that is his name or her name. we want to effective the match them on that basis. we will continue this conversation. >> the yanke
its secondary inspection once he landed in detroit. i wanted to ask you whether waiting until the airplanes doors close is too late and whether we need to thoroughly screened each flight passenger manifest list against all of our databases at least 24 hours if not longer before the plane is set to the part to the u.s.? >> some of that should be held to our classified briefings. what we where we want to get to is if we have the rocket carried information if someone is a threat, and never...
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it added costs to detroit vehicles. in the and what we found is that detroit cannot compete with that model, cannot compete with other countries. basically detroit was in a recession 10 years before the rest of us. i would argue a lot of that is due to the un-competitive special favors that were given to those industries. host: >> do you share that view? guest: to some extent. one of the reasons that cars and other manufacturers are not competitive is we have a unique health care system in this country that is employer-based. one of the reasons that labor costs are high in the u.s. and relative to some of our competitors is because private employers are expected to cover health-care costs whereas in other countries they are covered by the government. host: houston, republican line, dick. caller: thank you, susan. i heard about germany. determining and japan. the first thing hitler did was he issued money with no interest and started on a german highway. president obama tried to get our infrastructure worked out. had tha
it added costs to detroit vehicles. in the and what we found is that detroit cannot compete with that model, cannot compete with other countries. basically detroit was in a recession 10 years before the rest of us. i would argue a lot of that is due to the un-competitive special favors that were given to those industries. host: >> do you share that view? guest: to some extent. one of the reasons that cars and other manufacturers are not competitive is we have a unique health care system...
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this issue has devastatinged and detroit countless -- devastated and detroit countless lives. i became the primary sponsor of legislation in the house and working with my colleague from michigan we successfully enacted major opioid legislation which included the stop act. this legislation will crack down on the flow of illegal drugs such as fentanyl coming to the u.s. from places like china through the u.s. postal service. the stop act is now law and i'm proud to have had a role in its passage. agriculture is another major concern in the 19th district. serving on the house agriculture committee, we have lowered the cost and increased the flexibility of dairy risk management programs, fought for better documentation to protect the sanctity of organic agriculture, and made it easier for veterans to transition into agriculture and supported increased broadband and cell service which is critically important in our rural areas. i have also led on two initiatives which are critical to the economic health of upstate new york. my legislation offered with other members of the new york
this issue has devastatinged and detroit countless -- devastated and detroit countless lives. i became the primary sponsor of legislation in the house and working with my colleague from michigan we successfully enacted major opioid legislation which included the stop act. this legislation will crack down on the flow of illegal drugs such as fentanyl coming to the u.s. from places like china through the u.s. postal service. the stop act is now law and i'm proud to have had a role in its passage....
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he was allowed to board the plane in amsterdam for detroit. while the watch list system was not broken, help the intelligence community needs information into the system needs to be strengthened. how do we fix the problem? today the president is issuing a directive to all agencies on the corrective actions he has decided on. there are more than a dozen corrective steps altogether, each assigned to an agency that is responsible for its implementation. he is directing that our intelligence community immediately begin assigning responsibility for investigating all leads on a high priority threats so that they are pursued and acted upon aggressively and that plots are disrupted. he is directing that we strengthen the analytic process. director of national intelligence blair will take the lead in improving day-to-day efforts. there will identify and analyze intelligence among the vast universe of intelligence we collect. that challenge, dealing with volumes of information, is growing every day. the president is ordering an immediate effort to stren
he was allowed to board the plane in amsterdam for detroit. while the watch list system was not broken, help the intelligence community needs information into the system needs to be strengthened. how do we fix the problem? today the president is issuing a directive to all agencies on the corrective actions he has decided on. there are more than a dozen corrective steps altogether, each assigned to an agency that is responsible for its implementation. he is directing that our intelligence...
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did he have a connection to abdulmuttalab who intended to explode a device over detroit? >> yes, he did. >> could you tell us what connection it was? >> i would prefer not to at this time. >> did he have a connection to the fort hood attack? >> al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has a variety of means of communicating and inciting individuals, whether that be websites, emails, or other types of things. there are a number of occasions where individuals have been in touch with other individuals. senator, i will not address the specifics of these, but -- >> i will ask you a couple questions. did shahzad, who pled guilty to the times square bombing attempt, tell that he was inspired by al-awlaki? >> yes. >> last october, al-awlaki, did he have a role in supervising aqap by detonating explosives, as a matter of fact, coming inside a computer printer cartridge? >> he was involved in overseeing a number of these activities, yes, there was a relationship. >> were they so concealed that the first attempt to find did not find them? >> yes, the method used was one of the best we had
did he have a connection to abdulmuttalab who intended to explode a device over detroit? >> yes, he did. >> could you tell us what connection it was? >> i would prefer not to at this time. >> did he have a connection to the fort hood attack? >> al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has a variety of means of communicating and inciting individuals, whether that be websites, emails, or other types of things. there are a number of occasions where individuals have been in...
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it was a bit of a deja vu in detroit. in fact, that's the headline this morning in the "detroit free press," flight 253, deja vu, it does feel surreal. this is the story about the second concern over a new year jan passenger that flew into detroit yesterday, same flight, and it turns out that everything was ok. he was simply ill, having spent a long amount of time in the bathroom, but it was not a terrorist incident. pittsburgh is next. john on our g.o.p. line. go ahead, john. caller: good morning. bill, i just have been watching, you know, bits and pieces of all this stuff. i saw the homeland security, napolitano is her name? host: yes. caller: make some remarks that just baffled me. i can't believe she'd come out and say that the system actually worked. and if you kind of connect the dots with not only her comments, but, you know, eric made a remark that, you know, simply stated the facts, didn't say anything more, you know? it's what he's not saying that skerns me. but concern seems to me like these top officials, even
it was a bit of a deja vu in detroit. in fact, that's the headline this morning in the "detroit free press," flight 253, deja vu, it does feel surreal. this is the story about the second concern over a new year jan passenger that flew into detroit yesterday, same flight, and it turns out that everything was ok. he was simply ill, having spent a long amount of time in the bathroom, but it was not a terrorist incident. pittsburgh is next. john on our g.o.p. line. go ahead, john. caller:...
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soil in detroit. he was talking to people. there were people arrested in the previous administration -- richard reid, moussaoui, and others -- all of which were charged and sentenced to life in prison. just because someone is put through the legal process does not mean that we do not have other opportunities to get information from them. >> after abdulmutallab got lawyered up, did he stop talking? >> we got information and we continue to have opportunities to do that. as you come to the individuals and they recognize what they are facing, there are opportunities to talk about it. the fbi has some of the best interrogators in the world. i am confident that we will be able to work the system. he knows there are sort of things on the table. if he wants to engage with us, there are ways to do that. >> we still have the right to treat him as an enemy combatant. why not continue to do that? if h@@%@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m @ v if the system is fair, there will be found innocent. he is never going to be found innocent. it is just going
soil in detroit. he was talking to people. there were people arrested in the previous administration -- richard reid, moussaoui, and others -- all of which were charged and sentenced to life in prison. just because someone is put through the legal process does not mean that we do not have other opportunities to get information from them. >> after abdulmutallab got lawyered up, did he stop talking? >> we got information and we continue to have opportunities to do that. as you come to...
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i have been to cleveland and detroit. i am here in atlanta appeared and i am going to miami and, of course, i will host a jobs fair. we feel good about in we feel in spite of the economy that is not performing the we have to do everything to bring opportunities were there are people hurting. not only is the unemployment rate unconscionably high, but we have been impacted by the foreclosures on homes and cannot get loan modifications and we have lost wealth. now there is a 20% gap between white wealth and black wealth. white wealth is around 13,000 and black wealth -- i have come to some conclusions, and it is a difficult one. we have reached a point that may be a defining political moment for all of us. this moment in history may be a challenge to our political maturity. i believe the time has arrived when we must eliminate any fear and discomfort we may have about raising difficult questions and creating challenge, even when we feel an obligation to protect the first african-american president of the united states of ame
i have been to cleveland and detroit. i am here in atlanta appeared and i am going to miami and, of course, i will host a jobs fair. we feel good about in we feel in spite of the economy that is not performing the we have to do everything to bring opportunities were there are people hurting. not only is the unemployment rate unconscionably high, but we have been impacted by the foreclosures on homes and cannot get loan modifications and we have lost wealth. now there is a 20% gap between white...
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the detroit three are doing very well. they are putting people back to work. that has driven a lot of manufacturing job growth in other sectors of manufacturing. think of the class that goes into the automobile or the tires that goes on the automobile. all of the parts. those are a lot of jobs. a lot of the success of any texturing at the end of this great recession has been an upswing in the business cycle but also the strength in the auto cycle. host: what can we expect this month? what are your concerns and hopes that guest: it is a good question. i do not get my crystal ball out too often because i am completely wrong usually about what the jobs numbers are on the forecasting. i will say that i do not expect a huge upswing in manufacturing jobs, based on other data point we have seen. we need to do better. 81 president laid out million new manufacturing top goal. we have been keeping track of that every month because you have to hit a certain number to stay on pace with that, which is 21,000 jobs added per month. the are already way behind that. part of th
the detroit three are doing very well. they are putting people back to work. that has driven a lot of manufacturing job growth in other sectors of manufacturing. think of the class that goes into the automobile or the tires that goes on the automobile. all of the parts. those are a lot of jobs. a lot of the success of any texturing at the end of this great recession has been an upswing in the business cycle but also the strength in the auto cycle. host: what can we expect this month? what are...
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metropolitan metropolitan detroit did not use that as an example. we have a large population center. we have a border that is water, that is also the busiest ternational border crossing in terms of trade in north america. we also have a large regional drinking water system. my concern is mini metro detroiters are at risk of being poisoned if a terrorist decides to dump a bunch of biological agents in the drinking water system. so essentially, the gao report mentioned concerns about how the department assess risk. and a few three genemen have any comment on how we can improve the accuracy of the risk of threat of atta to search in urban areas like metropolitan detroit 10 years later. i people i represent are still at risk of a threat. i want to retype them the best i can. >> there's no way we could get you started to because we don't have the mind of a terrorist. but they have given us to big hands. one is they are going to do as much damage to us as they can. and the second is that they want to have symbolic target. so, every community has to sit do
metropolitan metropolitan detroit did not use that as an example. we have a large population center. we have a border that is water, that is also the busiest ternational border crossing in terms of trade in north america. we also have a large regional drinking water system. my concern is mini metro detroiters are at risk of being poisoned if a terrorist decides to dump a bunch of biological agents in the drinking water system. so essentially, the gao report mentioned concerns about how the...